After sighing, Lu Mingze asked.

"Did Su Mo say that he must come to help with this plan?"

"...No, but he didn't object, right?"

After being stunned for a moment, Zero replied.

Strictly speaking, Lu Mingze was the only teammate assigned by Su Mo for Noonuo's mission this time. It was just because she saw that Su Mo, Xia Mi, and Eri Yi all had things to do, and she didn't want to be idle, so she took the initiative to ask Ying to join her.

The action is not only to ensure Nono's safety, but also to increase mission fault tolerance.

Even if Nuonuo's mission fails, she believes that her own strength is enough to find out the progress of the Holy Palace Medical Society. Is there anything wrong with this?

Seeing Ling's confused look, Lu Mingze sighed for her again.

"I've given you a day to think about it, but you haven't discovered the problem yet. When Su Mo, Xia Mi, and Eri Yi are working together to forge new weapons, you have to come over and soak in the sea with us. You're stupid.

What?"

"But...it seems like I'm the only one taking a dip in the sea water now!"

Nuonuo weakly raised her hand in the sea.

If you want to chat, you should have said it earlier. Why do you have to wait until I jump down? It’s very cold, okay!

Ling glanced at Nono and estimated that given her physical condition, it would be okay to soak for a while, so she was not in a hurry.

"Wouldn't this help Su Mo more?"

She still asked puzzledly and didn't think there was anything wrong with her participation in the plan.

"well!"

Lu Mingze sighed deeply again.

This guy can't be carried at all!

After thinking for a while, he said.

"Then let me tell you a story!"

"???"

You are still in the mood to tell stories, but you didn't see her still soaking in the water, right?

Nuonuo, who was splashing in the sea, had questions on his head, but Lu Mingze ignored them and continued talking on his own.

"There was once a sad princess who had lost her country. She swore to the two remaining knights around her that she would marry the person who would help her restore her country. One of the knights was moved by the princess's tears, so he left the princess and fought in the north and south for more than ten years.

, survived countless times, and established the great cause of restoring the country. The other knight chose to guard the princess and take care of her daily life."

Having said this, he paused slightly and looked at Zero.

"More than ten years later, the knight who had restored his kingdom met the princess again. Guess what happened next?"

After thinking for a few seconds, Ling hesitantly spoke.

"The princess fulfilled her promise and married the knight who restored the country?"

What's there to say about this kind of royal fairy tale?

"Naive! So naive!"

Lu Mingze shook his head.

"When the knight who restored the kingdom came back, he found that the princess had already married the knight who had been protecting her, and they had two children!"

"..."

Ling opened his mouth slightly, but he could not refute this ending. After all, this ending was very likely to happen, and it would be difficult for the princess to wait more than ten years for someone to succeed.

"What did you learn from this story?"

Seeing the girl's thoughtful expression, Lu Mingze asked immediately.

"Don't trust other people's promises?"

Zero replied somewhat unconfidently.

“Not everyone is reliable, so be careful when negotiating with outsiders!”

In her opinion, her guess should be accurate, but——

"madness!"

Lu Mingze scolded mercilessly.

"What this story tells you is, don't think about being a tool all day long. Just stay in front of the princess. That's the best chance to gain favor!"

After saying that, he glared at Zero with an expression of hatred.

"You should be more careful! Don't keep steel in your head all day long. In the past, when it was necessary to go on a mission, forget it. Now there is no need. Why do you have to run out?"

"You think you can get praise for completing the mission. Although this is true, but what's the use of just praise? If the mission lasts longer, maybe Xia Mi and the others will have children by the time you go back, and it's just you.

The idiot is still complacent with the praise!"

After being angrily scolded by Lu Mingze, Ling finally realized that the princess in the story was referring to Su Mo. Lu Mingze meant that if he wanted to get Su Mo, he should spend more time on him instead of going out of his way.

Task.

But going on a mission can also help Su Mo! What's the use of staying there?

Didn't you say that useless people will be abandoned?

Although Su Mo would definitely not abandon her, she still wanted to do something useful to Su Mo.

"..."

Zero opened his mouth to speak.

But before the words were spoken, Lu Mingze could see her thoughts from her hesitant expression, and Lu Mingze couldn't help but cover his face deeply.

Overemphasis on usefulness and instrumentality is the biggest problem left over from his education, and it has also become the biggest obstacle he currently needs to solve.

Obviously, Ling's desire to help Su Mo was something he could not and did not need to change no matter what.

So, after thinking for a while, he spoke.

"If you go back now, even though you can't help forge weapons, you can at least take care of them. Apart from Su Mo, which of the other two has the ability to take care of themselves?"

"……indeed."

Ling Diandian, who had been responsible for the daily life of the three of them for a long time, nodded.

Even Su Mo's life skills have deteriorated a bit under Zero's care, let alone Natsumi and Eriki.

Normally, this wouldn't be a big problem, but when Su Mo is busy and has no time to take care of it, Natsumi and Eriki will probably have to live in a dead house.

So he really should go back. With Lu Mingze here, there would be no problems here. On the contrary, if Su Mo didn't have him, there would be problems with work efficiency.

Seeing Ling Ling's excited expression, Lu Mingze added another sentence.

"You don't want to see Xia Mi and Su Mo's daughter calling you Mother Zero when you go back, right?"

"——!"

Thinking of the hellish scene where Xia Mi, Su Mo and their daughter called themselves Zero's mother, Zero immediately made a decision.

"Then I'll go back and take care of Su Mo!"

Seeing that she finally agreed, Lu Mingze breathed a sigh of relief.

There was no need for him to activate [Space Opening], the Hela mark in Zero's body operated on its own under her will, teleporting her to Xia Mi's side instantly.

Under Lu Mingze's intervention, the scene of being transformed into a living person did not attract the crew's attention.

Seeing Zero's figure disappear on the deck, Nono was silent for a few seconds before speaking to Lu Mingze.

"Did you deliberately push her away?"

Obviously, she was keenly aware of something.

"Why do you do this?"

Nuonuo continued to ask. Although she didn't feel any malice, out of caution, the Hela mark in her body was getting ready. If there was an accident, it would be teleported to Xia Mi like Zero.
Chapter completed!